TL;DR

Senior Kubernetes Software Engineer (Go): Developing and optimizing components for Kubernetes and CNCF projects within VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) with an accent on open-source contribution processes, community engagement, and security. Focus on designing customer-oriented features, ensuring explicit Kubernetes version and feature compatibility, and collaborating with a global community of open source engineers.

Location: This role is located in Beijing, CHINA.

Company

%hirify_global% is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a broad range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions.

What you will do

Develop using Kubernetes controllers and patterns, primarily written in Go.
Collaborate with a global community of engineers in various CNCF open source projects.
Deliver code changes to open source projects and satisfy contribution requirements.
Collaborate internally with stakeholders, leads, and team members to make projects or contributions available as features.
Define requirements and tangible deliverables for high-level epics, breaking down work and leading estimation/scoping.
Write automated tests to validate and secure critical customer functionalities and contribute to plans for new product opportunities.
Identify key issues, anticipate problems, and proactively improve business processes and policies.
Take on-call responsibilities to triage, troubleshoot, and mitigate production issues.

Requirements

Kubernetes expertise and material engineering contribution to at least 1 CNCF project and various OSS projects.
Experience with one or more cloud platform architectures.
Good knowledge of distributed systems, databases, algorithms, and data structures.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Bachelor's degree plus 8+ years of related experience or Master's degree plus 6+ years of related experience.

Nice to have

vSphere experience.
Extensive knowledge and experience using and delivering complex container, kernel, packaging, and operating system functionality.
Operational knowledge of Kubernetes in production environments.
Material contribution to 2+ CNCF projects or Kubernetes SIG projects (e.g., Cluster API, ContainerD/RunC, ArgoCD).

Culture & Benefits

%hirify_global% is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
The company operates as a global technology leader.
Opportunity to contribute to open-source projects and leverage community interactions.
Encourages developer efficiency efforts and improving the culture of innovation.
Supports mentoring of fellow engineers into influential voices within the department.